English > perplex: 2 senses > verb 1, cognitionMeaning | Be a mystery or bewildering to. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
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Model | The bad news will perplex him; The good news will perplex her; The performance is likely to perplex Sue |
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Synonyms | vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound |
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Narrower | elude, escape | Be incomprehensible to |
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riddle | Set a difficult problem or riddle |
stump, mix up | Cause to be perplexed or confounded |
Broader | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
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Spanish | asombrar, confundir, desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, sorprender |
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Catalan | desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar |
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